Guadalajara had a night not to remember. Although the match was even at times, there never was any clarity in attack and, added to the high effectiveness of their fierce rivals in front of goal, they ended up losing 4-0 this Saturday night at the Azteca Stadium, in Matchday 8 of the Apertura 2023 Tournament.
The goals:
- The fierce rival opened the scoring at 21', when Brian Rodríguez found a small space in the red-and-white backline to shoot a right-footed shot that went in at the base of the left post.
- At 36', the home side extended their lead with a long-range shot by Diego Valdés, which 'Wacho' came up just short of deflecting.
- At 65', Valdés made it 3-0 with a shot from the front that ended up in the net.
- At 79', Alejandro Zendejas appeared in the box to connect with a powerful header and simply pushed the ball into the goal.
The danger:
- At 9' 'Wacho' Jiménez leaned to his right to contain a low shot by Jonathan Dos Santos.
- At 14', 'Chicote' made a change of play that left 'Nene' with an advantage inside the box, but his cross shot was deflected by the defense.
- At 40', 'Piojo' shook off the mark with a feint and then shot from the edge of the area, but without the desired power.
- At 45', Piojo's free kick went just over the goal.
- At 47', the referee disallowed a Chivas goal for offside.
- At 49', 'Nene' put in a cross to the second post that 'Chicote' controlled in two stages and then shot, but off target.
- At 59', 'Wacho' made a diving save to deflect a shot to the corner.
- At 70', 'Piojo' took a powerful line that Malagón managed to save with his fingernails.
- At 78', 'Nene' put in a cross to the heart of the area, where Ronaldo Cisneros appeared to shoot with his head, but just wide.
América 4-0 Guadalajara
(Brian Rodríguez at 21', Diego Valdés at 36' and 65', Alejandro Zendejas at 79')
Referee: Fernando Guerrero
Azteca Stadium
Lineups:
América: 1 Luis Malagón, 2 Luis Fuentes, 5 Kevin Álvarez, 6 Jonathan Dos Santos (20 Richard Sánchez at 84'), 7 Brian Rodríguez, 8 Álvaro Fidalgo, 10 Diego Valdez (26 Salvador Reyes at 74'), 29 Ramón Juárez (23 Emilio Lara at 84'), 31 Igor Lichnovsky, 32 Leonardo Suárez (AM at 57')(17 Alejandro Zendejas at 74') and 33 Julían Quiñones (11 Jonathan Rodríguez at 85').
Guadalajara: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 17 Jesús Sánchez (2 Alan Mozo at 45'), 4 Antonio Briseño (AM at 67'), 13 Gilberto Chiquete, 26 Cristian Calderón (59 Jesús Brígido at 82')(, 20 Fernando Beltrán, 28 Rubén González (207 Yael Padilla at 82'), 15 Erick Gutiérrez; 14 Ricardo Marín (18 Ronaldo Cisneros at 77'), 10 Alexis Vega (3 Gilberto Sepúlveda at 45') and 25 Roberto Alvarado (AM at 57').
Coach Veljko Paunovic.
